1969-11-13 Paisley, Scotland, UK
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with minor roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film Dracula 2000. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) before starring in the science fiction film Timeline (2003). He played Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 musical The Phantom of the Opera. Butler gained wider recognition for portraying King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300 (2007). In 2010, he began lending his voice to the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. Also in the 2010s, he portrayed a Secret Service agent in the action thriller Has Fallen film series, played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus, and Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher. Butler had further action film roles in Geostorm (2017), Den of Thieves (2018), Greenland (2020), and Plane (2023).
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Greenland 2: Migration | John Garrity | 2026-01-07 |
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Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon | Self | 2025-06-06 |
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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2025-01-08 |
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In the Hand of Dante | Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII | 2025-09-03 |
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How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick | 2025-06-06 |
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The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland | St. Nick (voice) | 2024-11-15 |
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Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
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Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-11 |
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Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-12 |
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Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021-09-09 |
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Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
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Love Reaches Everywhere | 2020-05-30 | |
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
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Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
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The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick (voice) | 2019-12-03 |
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Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
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Den of Thieves | 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
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Geostorm | Jake Lawson | 2017-10-12 |
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A Family Man | Dane Jensen | 2016-09-13 |
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London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016-03-02 |
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Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016-02-25 |
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
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Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
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Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
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Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
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Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
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Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
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Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 | 2011-03-13 | |
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Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
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Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
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How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
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The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
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Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
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The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
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Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
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Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
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Nim's Island | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 2008-04-03 |
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RocknRolla | One-Two | 2008-09-04 |
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Reiði guðanna | Self | 2007-05-06 |
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P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
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300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
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Guilty Hearts | Peter | 2007-07-30 |
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Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
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Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
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The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
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Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005-06-15 |
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Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004-05-18 |
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The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004-12-08 |
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Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003-07-21 |
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Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
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Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
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Attila | Atila the Hun | 2001-01-01 |
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Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
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Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | 2001-05-04 |
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Dracula 2000 | Dracula | 2000-12-22 |
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Harrison's Flowers | Chris Kumac | 2000-09-23 |
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The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999-01-01 |
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One More Kiss | Sam | 1999-09-18 |
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Little White Lies | Peter | 1998-06-17 |
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Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-08-03 |
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Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
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Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
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Tomorrow Never Dies | HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman | 1997-12-11 |
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Empire City | Rhett | |
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Den of Thieves 3 | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | |
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Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | |
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Remote Control | Michael Rafter | |
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Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | |
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Empire City | Rhett Westermark | |
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All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | |
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Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | |
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Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) |
